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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820081203321

Autore

Cooper Bridget

Titolo

Empathy in education : engagement, values and achievement / / Bridget Cooper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Continuum, , 2011

ISBN

1-4725-5295-4

1-283-30766-9

9786613307668

1-4411-2808-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Classificazione

EDU000000

Disciplina

370.15/4

Soggetti

Academic achievement

Affective education

Motivation in education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Part I: Empathy, Morality and Learning: A Historical Background -- 1. Empathy: An Historical Perspective -- 2. Empathy and Morality: The Relationship -- 3. The Nature and Significance of Empathy in Education -- Part II: New Understandings of Empathy in Learning Relationships and the Significance of Context -- 4. A New Classification of Empathy in Learning Relationships -- 5. The Benefits of Empathy in Teaching and Learning Relationships -- 6. Constraints on Empathy in Learning Relationships -- 7. Modeling Empathy and Values in the Classroom -- 8. Empathy and Students with Particular Needs: Transformative learning -- Part III: Wider Implications: Empathy Beyond the School -- 9. The Life-long Learner: Emotional Engagement as the Essence of Learning through the Life Course -- 10. Affect, Technology and Learning -- 11. Empathy in Management, Systems and Organizations -- 12. Wider Values and Creativity -- 13. Issues in the Education and Training of Professionals -- 14. Wider Implications and Future Work -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- Index --

Sommario/riassunto

"A thorough exploration of the role empathy plays in learning throughout all levels of education and its crucial relationship to



motivation, values development and achievement"-- Provided by publisher.